linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: ethtool: Untangle PHYLIB dependency

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Date:   Mon, 6 Jul 2020 15:46:39 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3]  net: ethtool: Untangle PHYLIB dependency

On Sun, Jul 05, 2020 at 09:27:55PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patch series untangles the ethtool netlink dependency with PHYLIB
> which exists because the cable test feature calls directly into PHY
> library functions. The approach taken here is to introduce
> ethtool_phy_ops function pointers which can be dynamically registered
> when PHYLIB loads.
 
Hi Florian

This looks good. I would suggest leaving it a day or two for 0-day to
randconfig it for a while.

	   Andrew